Nipponites
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| Nipponites Temporal range: Turonian to Santonian |
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| Nipponites mirabilis, N. bacchus, and Yezoceras nodosum | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Cephalopoda |
| Subclass: | Ammonoidea |
| Order: | Ammonitida |
| Suborder: | Ancyloceratina |
| Superfamily: | Turrilitaceae |
| Family: | Nostoceratidae |
| Genus: | Nipponites Yabe, 1904 |
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Nipponites ("stone of Nippon") is an extinct genus of heteromorph ammonites. The species of Nipponites (primarily N. mirabilis) are famous for the way their shells form "ox-bow" bends, resulting in some of the most bizarre shapes ever seen among ammonites.
The ecology of Nipponites, as with many other nostoceratids, is subject to much speculation.
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